Sales and exhibiting rack



2 sheets sheet 1.

(No Model.)

v s. FRANK. SALES AND EXHIBITING RACK.

Patented May 12, 1896.

'(NO Model.)

S. FRANK. SALES AND EXHIBITING RAGK.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

No. 559,795. Patented May 12, 1896.

V Vitnezssas V v lmflgmtor,

BLEYILLE, mentoring p I unis, oil to niiar goods which are sohl from r I ants at present who handle oile t lill-OlOllillS suelly provide a room of eonsirlereble floor-space on pur mse to ex hibit these goods and to enable the salesman 15 to s read iliQill upon the iioor to exhibit them.

and in order to use a knife or other cuttingtool for cu ting off the goods to the proper l nlo g a straight-edge. This requires I ;e amount of room, very heavy lilting 2o iere the rolls are full size, ancl'very considerable amount of time to exhibit the goods pro ger y to the customer, also very considerable amount of time afterward to take care of the rolls after the sale has been made, and it is also a task of very considerable tli'iiicult to properly cut off the piece sold. from th roll. The handling of the rolls, tipping them up on end, turning them down causes it breakor of the material at the entls of the rolls,

rho av, ward method of handling {11 very equenti; causes a ore linoleum or oil-cloth it is inconvenient to s J alsoweerst 5 hem. lnview or" n. sale-reel; (here of which are, first, to prev "11 support la tively ll space in a enner for exhibiting or for out the piece; seeonht previcle,in com with such a rack, e.- conrenient and o inc? '5 g the Ineteri el to out it off properly;

means for supporting the rolls upon the rain e; fifth. to provide 'zllYUlllQllii means for supportin sever lol so that they can he opindeoen-tlenuy on the some shaft;

eons of henhe rolls upo the shnlt; seventh, to

o provicle an improvetl cutting off the pie-cc rrom third to provide improved means of tin very heavy linoleums with ease and acraey; eighth, to provide a sales and exhily iting rack which shall prevent unneeessar rear and tear upon the goods in hanrlling the l accomplish these objects 015 my insame. vent-ion by the rlevices shown in the accompanying drawings, in Whiel1- Figure 1 is a. perspective view of iinprevcrl moi: with a singie roll of merchandise in place. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View through the entire rack, looking; toward the right, the roll of merchandise being removed. 3 is on enlarged (letail view of one of the cones for supporting the end of a roll. Fig. l is an enlarged detail view of my improved cutting device. line 5 5 of Fig. 4, looking in the direction of the little arrows at the ends of the sectionline. ii is a detail View showing the method of. construction and operation where ported on a single shaft or red.

in the drawings similar letters of reference refer to sixnilarparts throughout the several views.

Eiiy improved rack, as shown in the drawings, is constructed double, so that tiers of rolls can be supported on either side of the Salli O airing of Referrin to the lettered. parts of the draw- A A A A are corner posts or standards more. These are connected together oottorn by cross-pieces or girtlis '3 anfi top by suitable block and by longial beams or girtliatiic WI .c j oinecl other by suitable bolts. 'ie the front of irznne the beams 1* pre' t forward and su ort on their outer s a beam D. Resting on this beam is a Si straight-edge C, which corresponds with the outer edge of the beam 1), which is also straight. This I straight-edge C is supportedby downwardlyprojeeting rins E E, which are suitably piv otetl to the outside of the posts A A to each enrl oi": tll frame. On the straight-edge C is supported a suitable block lri, bearing the downwardly and forwardly proj ecting knife L, which s sharpened on its upps.

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proviile an improved knife adapted for cut- Fig. 5 is a sectional view on more than one roll of merchandise is sup-.

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the outside of the s'traightedge, C; the vertieal knife, L','suppo'rted in the block, II, the point of which is adjustable to cut into the upper side of the linoleum in advance of the blade, L, all coacting together substantially as described for the purpose specified.

2. In a sale-rack,.the combination of the beam, D, suitably supported, the outer edge of which is aclamping straight-edge; the straight-edge, O, upwardly-projecting arms connected to said straight-edge and pivotally connected above; a block, H, suitably guided along said straight-edge; a knife, L, projecting downwardly and forwardly 'from said block, H, with the upwardly-projecting edge sharpened to pass close to the outside of said straight-edge and beam for the purpose of cutting off the fabric, from the under side, as described.

3. In a sales-rack, the combination of the beam, D, suitably supported by upwardlycxtending arms, 1%, at eaeh'cnd thereof pivoted at their upper ends; a straight-edge, (I, supported on upwardly-projecting arms, E, the upper ends of which are pivotally connected to the arms, l-i, 15, above a blockll, sui bly guided along said straight-edge; a kni e, L, projecting downwardly and forwardly from said block, II, sharpened on the upward], '-projectin g edge passed close to the outside f the straight-edge and beam; and.

a bail, G, adapted to engage in a suitable notch in the frame for adjusting the beam, 1), to and from the frame, as specified.

4. In a sale-rack, the combination of the beam, D, pivotally supported by upwardlyprojecting arms connected thereto and pivoted at their upper ends in a line parallel with the rolls on said rack; a clamping straightedge which rests on the upper side of the beam, D, and a downwardly and forwardly projecting knife with its edge upward guided to pass under the fabric to cut the same from the under side, as specified.

5. In a cutting-tool for cutting heavy linoleums, the combination ofthe straight-edge, C; the block, II, suitably guided thereon; the downwardly and forwardly projecting knife L; the knife, L, in advance of the knife, L, the point of which is to mark or cut into the upper side of the linoleum in passing, as specified.

.6. In a display-rack, the combination of the shaft, K; revoluble plugs, K, thereon for insertion into the ends of the rolls of fabric; and lips or tongues, N, to engage over the inner thickness of the fabric ofthe roll to retainit Onthe plugs to permit the fabric being rolled and unrolled withoutbecoming detached from the plug, desired.

7. In a sale-rack,the combination of a beam, D, adjustable to and from said rack to aecommodate stiff material as heavy floor oil-cloths and linoleums; a straight-edge adapted to rest on the upper side of the beam, D, and coincide with the outer edge; a downwardly and forwardl y projectin g knife suitably guided along said straight-edge to cut off the fabric as desired, for the purpose specified.

8. In a sale-rack, the combination of the shaft,'K, pairs of oppositely-facing plugs, K" with tongues N thereon, to engagethe inner thickness of fabric, for insertion in' the ends Y of rolls of fabric revolublysupporting them on said shaft, K,'so that more-than oncroll of material can be supported on the same shaft and each'roll be drawn from independently, as specified. I f a In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal init hc presence of two witnesses.

SAUL FRANK. 11.. s.] \Vitnesscs MARI/XI); I. LrmuwzAn,

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